diff --git a/Makefile.decl b/Makefile.decl
index d07e6d23f..163fd8bbf 100644
--- a/Makefile.decl
+++ b/Makefile.decl
@@ -46,17 +46,23 @@ test-report perf-report full-report:	${TEST_PROGS}
 	    GTESTER_LOGDIR=`mktemp -d "\`pwd\`/.testlogs-XXXXXX"`; export GTESTER_LOGDIR ; \
 	    ignore_logdir=false ; \
 	  fi ; \
+	  if test -d "$(top_srcdir)/.git" ; then \
+	    REVISION=`git describe` ; \
+	  else \
+	    REVISION=$(VERSION) ; \
+	  fi ; \
 	  for subdir in $(SUBDIRS) . ; do \
 	    test "$$subdir" = "." -o "$$subdir" = "po" || \
 	    ( cd $$subdir && $(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) $@ ) || exit $? ; \
 	  done ; \
 	  $$ignore_logdir || { \
-	    echo '<?xml version="1.0"?>'            > $@.xml ; \
-	    echo '<report-collection>'             >> $@.xml ; \
-	    echo '<info>'                          >> $@.xml ; \
-	    echo '  <package>$(PACKAGE)</package>' >> $@.xml ; \
-	    echo '  <version>$(VERSION)</version>' >> $@.xml ; \
-	    echo '</info>'                         >> $@.xml ; \
+	    echo '<?xml version="1.0"?>'              > $@.xml ; \
+	    echo '<report-collection>'               >> $@.xml ; \
+	    echo '<info>'                            >> $@.xml ; \
+	    echo '  <package>$(PACKAGE)</package>'   >> $@.xml ; \
+	    echo '  <version>$(VERSION)</version>'   >> $@.xml ; \
+	    echo "  <revision>$$REVISION</revision>" >> $@.xml ; \
+	    echo '</info>'                           >> $@.xml ; \
 	    for lf in `ls -L "$$GTESTER_LOGDIR"/.` ; do \
 	      sed '1,1s/^<?xml\b[^>?]*?>//' <"$$GTESTER_LOGDIR"/"$$lf" >> $@.xml ; \
 	    done ; \